Kitajinguji Site
| Address | Iinoya, Inasa-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu-shi |
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| Time | Jomon period (10,000 BC-300 BC) -Early Modern period |
Overview
The Kitajinguji site is a multicomponent archeological site located in the Iinoya Basin, overlooking the Tenpaku Iwakura site.
Its excavations were conducted during 2003 to 2007. Unearthed articles from the site include the largest sekibo, stone rods used as ritual implements in the Jomon era, among those excavated in Hamamatsu. It is conceived that the region was controlled by a powerful clan in the early Kofun period (late 3rd-4th c.) from the evidences of tombs including a burial mound for a clan, Kitaoka Ozuka Kofun. One of the oldest kagome doki, pottery with a basket-weave pattern used in rituals, was recovered from its house ruins from the period. Articles such as daggers in tombs from the Kamakura period (1192-1333) and plateware from the Sengoku period (1467-77) tell that the people in this region were relatively wealthy during these years.